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Solaris 8
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E Ouwens
2010-02-15 18:06:32 UTC
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Anyone know where I can get Solaris 8 x86?
I wan't to reinstall a old Compaq Proliant 6000 server and use it as
homeserver.
Solaris 10 won't install

Thanx
Paul Floyd
2010-02-15 19:00:04 UTC
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Post by E Ouwens
Anyone know where I can get Solaris 8 x86?
I wan't to reinstall a old Compaq Proliant 6000 server and use it as
homeserver.
Solaris 10 won't install
Ebay, maybe. Solaris 8 has passed 'last ship date', so is no longer
available from Oracle. In fact, Solaris 9 is in the same boat.

A bientot
Paul
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E Ouwens
2010-02-15 22:10:33 UTC
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Oke, thanx Paul
I found Solaris 8, but I also must to buy a sun workstation with it (15
euro)
I did :-)

Thanx anyway Paul
Post by Paul Floyd
Post by E Ouwens
Anyone know where I can get Solaris 8 x86?
I wan't to reinstall a old Compaq Proliant 6000 server and use it as
homeserver.
Solaris 10 won't install
Ebay, maybe. Solaris 8 has passed 'last ship date', so is no longer
available from Oracle. In fact, Solaris 9 is in the same boat.
A bientot
Paul
cjt
2010-02-16 03:47:46 UTC
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Post by E Ouwens
Oke, thanx Paul
I found Solaris 8, but I also must to buy a sun workstation with it (15
euro)
I did :-)
Thanx anyway Paul
So were you looking for SPARC or X86? I assumed X86, but most really
cheap Sun workstations are (I believe) SPARC.
Post by E Ouwens
Post by Paul Floyd
Post by E Ouwens
Anyone know where I can get Solaris 8 x86?
I wan't to reinstall a old Compaq Proliant 6000 server and use it as
homeserver.
Solaris 10 won't install
Ebay, maybe. Solaris 8 has passed 'last ship date', so is no longer
available from Oracle. In fact, Solaris 9 is in the same boat.
A bientot
Paul
Andrew Owen
2010-02-16 09:26:09 UTC
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Post by E Ouwens
Oke, thanx Paul
I found Solaris 8, but I also must to buy a sun workstation with it (15
euro)
I did :-)
If only SPARCbooks were so cheap. :)

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